I was very engaged by the folk music movement.Bob Dylan; Joan Baez; Peter, Paul and Mary. And then I sort of discovered world music, and fell in love with ethnic music of all sorts.

We are in the target hairs in this election [2016]. We are all asking whether we are going to have a world at all or not going forward.

If we want to cure the things that threaten life, limb and even survival, we need to heal our sick political system. That is, not just to address our physical ailments, but the things that determine whether we're going to survive into the next century. That is war, climate change, poverty, etc. We've got to fix our politics.

Moving to 100 percent renewable energy means we no longer need and can no longer justify wars for oil.

We cannot guarantee the human rights of any oppressed group alone.

We need to really use the full force of diplomacy. And we need to be seen and understood to be on the side of diplomacy and international law.

Simply from greening our energy system and eliminating fossil fuel pollution, we get so much healthier that the savings in health care alone are enough to pay the costs of the green energy transition and would repay those costs in approximately a decade and a half in savings.